Synthetic cannabinoid detection in patients admitted for drug rehabilitation in the United Arab Emirates

Abuelgasim Elrasheed; Simon Elliott; Muneeb Venayikot; Thomas Keller

doi:10.1002/dta.3653

Synthetic cannabinoid detection in patients admitted for drug rehabilitation in the United Arab Emirates

Drug Test Anal. 2024 Feb 5. doi: 10.1002/dta.3653. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Abuelgasim Elrasheed¹, Simon Elliott^{2

3}, Muneeb Venayikot¹, Thomas Keller⁴

Affiliations

¹ National Rehabilitation Center (NRC), Abu Dhabi, UAE.
² Elliott Forensic Consulting, Birmingham, UK.
³ Department of Analytical, Environmental and Forensic Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
⁴ Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.

PMID: 38316149
DOI: 10.1002/dta.3653

Abstract

This paper describes the investigation of synthetic cannabinoid news psychoactive substances in drug rehabilitation patients in the UAE. This represents the latest data for such drugs in the Gulf region.

Keywords: UAE; middle east; synthetic cannabinoids; urine.

Publication types

Case Reports